Sec. 572.012. GENERAL RIGHTS, POWERS, AND DUTIES OF PUBLIC ENTITIES. (a) Each participating public entity may:
(1) use the entity's money to plan, acquire, construct, own, operate, and maintain its interest in a facility;
(2) share in the facility;
(3) issue bonds and other securities to raise money for a purpose described by Subdivision (1) in the same manner and to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as would be applicable if the public entity had sole ownership of the facility;
(4) acquire, for the use and benefit of each participating public entity, land, easements, and property for a facility by purchase or by exercising the power of eminent domain; and
(5) transfer or otherwise convey the land, property, or property interest or otherwise have the land, property, or property interest become vested in other participating public entities to the extent and in the manner agreed between the entities.
(b) In relation to a participating public entity's undivided interest in a facility, the entity has each right, privilege, exemption, power, duty, and liability the entity would have if the entity had sole ownership.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 422.012 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(c)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 13 - Water and Utilities
Subtitle C - Water Provisions Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government
Chapter 572 - Public Utility Agencies for Provision of Water or Sewer Service
Subchapter B. Cooperation by Public and Private Entities
Section 572.011. Authority to Jointly Own Facilities
Section 572.012. General Rights, Powers, and Duties of Public Entities